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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1947
Page
2
Canada battles postwar health crisis with urgent need for 27,000 more hospital beds and 9,000 additional nurses. Doctors are in short supply and access to care remains uneven across regions, signaling a national imperative to plan action to improve the system.
The Health League of Canada and the federal Health Department urge urgent action to improve inadequate health services across the Dominion. At a Montreal meeting Dr. Gordon Bates stressed a national approach, noting disease control must be strong in every community to prevent rapid spread via modern transport.
The Health League urges united action to lift Canada’s health to world standards. It cites New Zealand as leading in the British Empire and stresses public support to expand hospital capacity and training for doctors and nurses.
An editorial notes Alberta gained population from 1941 to 1946 while Saskatchewan and Manitoba fell, but birth surpluses mask wartime losses. It cites dearth of inland opportunities, urban drift toward eastern cities, and the need for new western industries to entice youth back. It urges investment to create openings and halt the drain.
Queen Elizabeth spoke at Central Hall Westminster during the Bible Reading Fellowship silver jubilee. She noted daily Bible study and said the nation must lead morally through Christian tradition in challenging world times. Dr Geoffrey Fisher presided as Archbishop of Canterbury.
A 49 carat rough diamond found near the Meamu river sold for 15000 dollars, the highest price ever recorded in British Guiana. Official 1946 figures show diamond production at 30957 carats, more than double 1945 and marking the first substantial rise since the 1923 decline.
Ottawa aims to create 1,000 new jobs and establish two new plants by inviting a limited group of German scientists and technicians to Canada this summer. A Montreal plant is expected to produce a German-made type of pliers, with two more sites in Ontario or elsewhere. Half a dozen departments assess 300 applicant specialists, but few will likely come. The plan requires Canadian firm initiation and proof that the skilled workers are unavailable domestically.
A collection of joke vignettes and quick wits. A country restaurant sign taunts the weak, a secretary's marriage joke leads to a playful reply, a golf ball misadventure ends with a sly comeback, cyclists fear the feather bed, a barber’s misspelled card yields a pun, and a child’s innocent mispronunciation reveals a “fedder” as a leaf from a chicken.
Observations note carrion eating birds engage in frequent baths to maintain cleanliness and plumage health. Researchers report these behaviors as routine for large scavengers in their habitats.
An advertisement notes a beginner cross stitch kit pattern 7023 with 14 motifs measuring 114 by 214 to 9 by 13 inches. It promises improved visuals with charts photos and full directions and costs twenty five cents sent to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Also a line says most fresh vegetables are about 90 percent water.
Dublin reports show bacon hard to find as hog numbers plunge from 1.23 million in 1940 to 645 thousand last April. Prices tripled, curers complain of illegal selling, and the government may create central purchasing to curb the black market and revive hog and bacon production.
London reports the House of Commons rejected a bill to abolish the farthing. Financial secretary Glenvil Hall said the coin remains in use for buying cheap staples and that 13.5 million farthings are minted yearly to meet bank demand. Conservative L. D. Gammans pressed for abolition, arguing the coin has no monetary value.
Mrs. Mary Pitney reportedly set a strawberry-picking record at 525 pounds in eight hours. She picked 21 times her own weight and earned $21 in New Westminster, B C, as Bolivia is noted as the fifth largest country of South America.
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